So given the night that it is, I have been entertaining the idea of doing a blogpost about horror films, and why I like them despite being an anxious person. But, something may have changed in that regard. Let me explain. So, usually on Halloween night I’ll do something Halloween related, by which I mean … Continue reading A Spooky Halloween Blogpost! (About Having An Anxiety Disorder)
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The Easiest Cycle I Ever Did
So I cycled fifty metres down the road to test if the breaks were properly set up. And that was the easiest cycle I ever did. I hope you enjoyed this blogpost, have a nice day. Oh okay, I suppose to not make reading this post a complete waste of the precious time you have … Continue reading The Easiest Cycle I Ever Did
Why Research On Autism Is Still In the Dark Ages
Part 4 of My “What Is Autism” Series So, given that it’s the Twenty First Century, and humanity has progressed so much technologically, why do we still have such a poor understanding of what autism is? Well, part of it is that our understanding of the human brain in general is in its infancy, because … Continue reading Why Research On Autism Is Still In the Dark Ages
What if Neurotypicals (Non-Autistics) Were Stigmatized the Way Autistic People Are?
Originally Posted to Facebook On April 18th What would the world look like if being neurotypical had the same stigma attached to it that being autistic has? What if autistic people were the majority, and they had a similar negative understanding of being neurotypical that many people have towards autism currently? I thought it would … Continue reading What if Neurotypicals (Non-Autistics) Were Stigmatized the Way Autistic People Are?
The Spiky Skill Set, Good or Bad, But Nothing In Between
Autistic people's skillsets tend to be different From neurotypical people's skillsets. Here I try to explain the autistic skillset, and how the ideas and skills autistic people have brought to the table have helped humanity.
The Twentieth Cycle to the Nagle Mountains
I’ve been cycling to the Nagle Mountains since the year 2014. And I found this mountain range by sheer chance. One day I was just looking around places to the north of Cork city on Google Maps, and to my surprise there was a mountain range there, that I had never heard of, and that … Continue reading The Twentieth Cycle to the Nagle Mountains
I Never Thought I’d Get To See Star Trek II, the Wrath Of Khan On The Big Screen
Well, almost as a way of apologizing for the previous two years, 2022 had two events I thought I might never get to experience. In June there was the Yes concert. I never would have imagined I’d get to see them play their album Close to the Edge in full. I’ve done a blogpost on … Continue reading I Never Thought I’d Get To See Star Trek II, the Wrath Of Khan On The Big Screen
No, Enoch Burke Was Not Jailed For Misgendering One Of His Students
In Ireland a teacher named Enoch Burke has been sent to Mountjoy Prison. A lot of misinformation has already been spread about this case, namely that the reason Enoch Burke was imprisoned was that he misgendered one of his students. This is not in any way true, and the idea that it is true is … Continue reading No, Enoch Burke Was Not Jailed For Misgendering One Of His Students
Jupiter, The Planet Where Loads Of Stuff Happens
Okay, technically, more stuff doesn’t happen on Jupiter than on Saturn, Uranus, or, what’s the other greenish one, the one with the lions, oh yeah, Earth, but because Jupiter is so big, and relatively (I really stress reletively!), near, you can see a lot of interesting stuff there. So join me (figuratively, no offence, but … Continue reading Jupiter, The Planet Where Loads Of Stuff Happens
So, What Is It Actually Like To Be Autistic?
First posted to Facebook on April 16th Hello all, this is, to the best of my ability, my attempt to describe what it is like to be autistic. I can’t say for certain that other autistic people experience these things, or even that neurotypical people don’t experience these things, but I thought it might be … Continue reading So, What Is It Actually Like To Be Autistic?
Ponderings Of An Autist 